All the latest news from the Highland and Scottish Liberal Democrats, Angus MacDonald MP and Jamie Stone MP
Scotland is banning the use of the only spray that can control bracken, Asulox, whereas England will continue to allow it. Bracken harbours ticks which carry Lyme’s disease.
It was a call that I’d been dreading – last Thursday, Jeremy Hosking rang to say he’d had enough and was withdrawing his offer to buy Kinloch Castle on Rum.
There was only one Corran proposal on the table at the Highland Council meeting on the 11th May 2023, and all us local Cllrs supported it. It was for the maximum £50 million bid to the Westminster Levelling Up Fund.
The Highlands is becoming the home to a significant percentage of Britain’s green energy needs. Even before wind, our post war hydro dams made the Highlands 100% self sufficient in electricity.
A gorgeous castle on a Hebridean island with a world class sea view and a decent skelp of land for sale at possibly as little as a £1. Tempted?
I am a Highland Councillor for Fort William and Ardnamurchan but I write on behalf of all West Highlanders, there are few of any political persuasion who would not support my request below.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today said that the Scottish Government’s budget woes are a mess of their own making as he highlighted a series of expensive failures and called on the government to deliver a long-term plan for tax
Responding to the announcement by Police Scotland that 29 police stations are at risk of closure as it seeks to raise funds to plug a budget gap, Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat rural affairs spokesperson and MSP for Shetland has today called on OVO Energy to “get its act together” during First Minister’s Questions, following issues with prepayment top-up keys that have seen some customers left without e
Responding to a survey of over 1,000 people from communities served by the Corran ferry, which found that 54% were happy to replace the ferry with a bridge or a tunnel, Liberal Democrat candidate for Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire, Angus MacDonald sa
Commenting on delays to the timeline for the Scottish Government’s reforms of social care, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said:
Speaking in the Scottish Parliament during a debate on the performance of the education system, Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:
Liberal Democrats want a way forward which works for Britain - that cuts down red tape, reduces costs for businesses and makes people better off as a result.
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
